JH-XX: China's New Stealth Bomber That Has the Air Force Freaked Out

Brandon J. Weichert

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Is China's JH-XX Stealth Bomber Ready to Challenge the U.S.?

The Chinese military has been on a rampant modernization spree for more than a decade. Each advance gets China one step closer to parity with the U.S. military. And the closer that China’s military gets to America’s in terms of technological capabilities, the more America’s leaders – civilian and military alike – almost universally downplay the China threat.

At some point, however, the Americans won’t be able to ignore the problem China poses. More frighteningly, soon the Chinese may develop a system that totally upends the U.S. military’s advantage in a potential fight for the Indo-Pacific.

The JH-XX

Enter the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF’s) JH-XX bomber. The elusive aircraft, rumored to be China’s stealth bomber, is getting more attention, especially as the Americans unveil their new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider.